Baseera Khan is one of eleven artists whose work will be presented in NOMA’s exhibition Mending the Sky, on view from October 9, 2020, through January 31, 2021. Khan’s video-performance work, titled Braidrage, explores the experience of overcoming trauma, based around a rock-climbing wall made from resin casts of parts of Khan’s body that the… Read More

In 2019, the New Orleans Museum of Art commissioned Philadelphia-based artist Roberto Lugo to create the “Stunting” Garniture Set, a set of porcelain covered vases and sculpture that expands the parameters of NOMA’s ceramics collection to highlight New Orleans music icons Louis Armstrong, Lil Wayne, and No Limit Records. Read More

The New Orleans Museum of Art will present Mending the Sky this fall as the museum’s first major exhibition following New Orleans’ months-long shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On view October 10, 2020 through January 31, 2021, the exhibition will bring together ten artists’ projects that respond to a world turned upside down. Read More

NOMA and Camp Able, a program for adults and youth with developmental disabilities, maintained a thriving partnership throughout the COVID-19 shutdown. Read More

Created for the lobby of the New Orleans Times-Picayune building in 1967, Enrique Alférez’s plaster relief mural Symbols of Communication will find a new home in NOMA’s renovated auditorium complex. Read More

The Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Museum of Art fully supports NOMA’s leadership and staff as they guide the museum through the pandemic, address resulting challenges, and further the work of advancing social justice and racial equity. Read More

Youth Programs Coordinator Danielle Rives shares her thoughts and observations about NOMA’s Teen Art Council. Read More

The following is an excerpt from the July/August edition of ARTFORUM. Torkwase Dyson’s new series Black Compositional Thought: 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene, 2020, was organized into small groupings, with one standalone work, in her recent show of the same name. Within each piece, Dyson layered constellation-like white lines and minimalist black shapes over deep-black… Read More

NOMA recognizes the legitimate issues in front of us and embraces the responsibility to address them. Read more about our Agenda for Change. Read More

After reopening July 8, the New Orleans Museum of Art will be launching the Creative Assembly Program Series, a new monthly online forum which will bring together thought leaders, community representatives, and interdisciplinary creatives to explore the role of social justice and racial equity in the museum field. Read More

In May 2020, NOMA’s learning and engagement department established an “Art Inspires” short story competition that asked contestants to craft a fictional tale based on selections from the museum’s permanent collection of decorative arts. Read More